Arctic Silver

[Spyderz20x6]

Hey all,
I don't have enough money right now for a proper heatsink, so i was wondering if Arctic Silver thermal epoxy works good as a replacement. I have heard good things about it...
By the way, if you have any other suggestions, please post them

 

[wesdaman14]

yes thats stuff works great as a heat sink.
Mitch used it with my laser, and it worked great.

 

[Spyderz20x6]

Thanks! Seems like you need some rep

 

[bobobob121]

yea, what ever happened with that? i remember you having like 6 rep... :-?

 

[flogged]

hmmm, well ... if you used enough of it it could be used as a heatsink. It's really meant to bond a part that needs to be cooled to a heatsink. I've been using it in all my builds which are using Meredith optics to assure as good heatflow out of the diode. It's a good epoxy, in addition to being thermally transmissive.

For my latest mod I used it to bond a 9mm diode can to the pointers brass bit. I was using it primarily as a glue here, but it's also helps keep the diode a little cooler in this case. You can see some pictures of it in the mod I posted to the experiments section. Sort of the silver/gray looking goo.

 

[paper183]

Hey all,
I don't have enough money right now for a proper heatsink, so i was wondering if Arctic Silver thermal epoxy works good as a replacement. I have heard good things about it...
By the way, if you have any other suggestions, please post them

:-? You can't really use it HAS an heatsink... it's a compound that goes between the diode (or anything generating heat for that matter...) and the heatsink to help transmit the heat.

 

[Spyderz20x6]

[quote author=Spyderz20x6 link=1212353771/0#0 date=1212353771]Hey all,
I don't have enough money right now for a proper heatsink, so i was wondering if Arctic Silver thermal epoxy works good as a replacement. I have heard good things about it...
By the way, if you have any other suggestions, please post them  

:-? You can't really use it HAS an heatsink... it's a compound that goes between the diode (or anything generating heat for that matter...) and the heatsink to help transmit the heat.[/quote]
Why not? I don't have any other ideas...

 

[paper183]

It's just a compound... like paste, an heatsink is more like a block of metal that can hold a lot of heat. the paste only makes its easier for the heat to get from the diode to the heatsink... i really don't see how you could use it as an heatsink cause you cant really put a big chunk of it on the diode itll leak everywhere its almost liquid, and even if you could i don't think it would be very good to dissipate heat.

 

[GamerBR]

It's just a compound... like paste, an heatsink is more like a block of metal that can hold a lot of heat. the paste only makes its easier for the heat to get from the diode to the heatsink... i really don't see how you could use it as an heatsink cause you cant really put a big chunk of it on the diode itll leak everywhere its almost liquid, and even if you could i don't think it would be very good to dissipate heat.

Well to make it solid he could just need to add some epoxy glue(and if he has to get it out he is screwed lol).But I agree,only the paste would suck as a heatsink.

 

[Spyderz20x6]

I could also take thick aluminum foil, and cut it into the desired shape, and put the epoxy on it, and keep stacking the rings until i get a big chunk.

 

[xmtgx]

Why not just make one yourself with a aluminum sheet and cut out washers (or buy washers) then arctic silver them together, thats what i do for heat sinks, doesn't cost anything (barely) and looks professional after i polish it down.

 

[cybob101]

there we go. a logical solution

 

[Spyderz20x6]

Thats just what i said, isn't it? ;D

 

[diachi]

You can get a heatsink from an old PC CPU, they have a heatsink andfan sitting right on them, usually made of aluminium aswell

 

[Spyderz20x6]

You can get a heatsink from an old PC CPU, they have a heatsink andfan sitting right on them, usually made of aluminium aswell  

They are way to big, and i don't have any thing to file them down with.

 

[paper183]

[quote author=Diachi link=1212353771/12#13 date=1212528687]You can get a heatsink from an old PC CPU, they have a heatsink andfan sitting right on them, usually made of aluminium aswell

They are way to big, and i don't have any thing to file them down with.[/quote]
video card heatsink then ?